Early starter,had just passed my motorcycle test 2months after turning 17 when my mother put in for my car test as a Christmas present(£7). 2 weeks before test I started my driving lessons,had 4 and passed first time with BSM in a Toledo.

1988 honda mbx125 lc 87 rode it into the ground within 6 months despatch riding in london

1988 yamaha rd125lc 87 plate loved it until i had a go on my mates kawasaki that could do 100mph where the yam was flat out at 80mph

1988/89 kawasaki ar125lc e reg crashed it and moved back to yorkshire no vehicles

1990 honda c90.. despatch rode on about 6 different ones between 90 and 93 2 were stolen 1 crashed ..used to buy them from the company i worked for pay them off @£50 a week for 20 ish weeks then get a new every year also owned in this period of time was a yamaha rd125lc and a kawasaki gpz550

1993 honda cg125 new did 60k miles on it in 14 months ..i’m a big lad 6ft 3 and 20 stone and this bike performed great did 65/70mph flat out everywhere and was still running on same engine 7 years later with 85k on it

1994 kawaski gt550

1995 yamaha xtz750 h reg sold in 96

1995 volvo 740gle 90 reg did 100k miles in my ownership burst a radiator pipe on the m6 leaked all the water out and boiled the head gasket

1997 rover 827 vitesse 90 reg loved this car speedo had 150mph on it and the needle used to go past it and stop at a little pin (on private land only of course ) ..came out of an autoparts store with service kit to find a ford orion embeded in rear

2009 omega 3.2mv6 estate bought as a stop gap bought the last mv6 from insurance and was going to refit lpg kit but then spotted a 3.0 elite estate with lpg for sale so sold the mv6 estate and broke the saloon

Alfa Romeo Alfasud TI (loved these cars and had a few, never had any trouble with them)

XR3

XR3I

Lancia Beta coupe (quite a few of them)

Lancia Beta HPI

Lancia Beta Spyder x2

Vauxhall Astravan SE150 (I was building my own house at the time)

AUDI TT (first new car, Mum died suddenly and at a young age 54. so I decided you can’t take it with you. So I ordered one when they first came out)

Bmw 330 CI conv

MK2 Audi TT 3.2

Porsche 911 Carerra S (same buzz I got from bikes)

Porsche 911 991.1 Carrera S

Lancia Integrale Evo 2

There were lots more in between but these are the ones I kept for more that 12 months. My dad was a car trader and I worked for him for a few years when I left school, so insurance was never a problem. I bought a lot of cars to sell on in those days.

The Ducati. I had been having some problems with my legs not doing what they were supposed to do. I got the Ducati and went for a ride on the first dry day after i got it, which was the Sunday. I hated it, I was worried about dropping the bike everytime I came to a stop, because my legs would not go down quick enough, that’s why I put it for sale including my leathers, helmet boots etc as soon as I came home. I reluctantly realised no matter how much I wanted to remain a biker, my body was not up to it.

The 911 was my last daily driver, I was still working so I was using it everyday, but then I had to give up work so it ended up just sitting in the garage doing nothing, so I sold it.

The integrale was bought because I always wanted one and it was to be a garage queen, sitting in a dehumidified chamber, and because no matter how long it sat in the garage it was just going up in value. I kept it for 18 months and made a nice profit. I got sick of having to move around it in the garage so i sold it, but I wish I had not because it was a fantastic example of the legend, and I only ever got positive attention when I drove it. The Porsche were mainly not very positive attention, wanker as a drove past. people shouting rich bastard etc. I was brought up in a 2 up 2 down with an outside toilet about 50 metres at the end of the garden. No central heating, a geezer on the wall for hot water and a bath in front of the coal fire on a Sunday. This is when everyone else in school lived in houses with central heating and indoor toilets, and I was being called a rich bastard.

I am getting on so i may have missed a few but i will have a go ,i will start at 22 year old as i had one every two or three months before then at less than £30 each that lasted no time or were bought to do up

i have always had motorbikes and still do having two Triumphs , a Thunderbird and a Daytona , i also have a Transit ampervan (1990 44k miles no power steering !) and a saab convertible (1999 HOT )

1972 Viva sl first car from work

1974 Victor FD 1800 sl not the best but it had a great interior (worked at a vauxhall garage)

1977 Ventora 3300 company car .very luxurious for its day

1980 VX 2300GLS company car ,great car …

1983 i had to buy my own as i left the company and joined the fire service , 1975 ventora

1986 Granada (1982 3 litre Ghia) fell to bits with rust eventually but was a good car

1990 Rover Sterling i liked it (1987)

1994 Rover 800 coupe (1992) loved it it had a honda v6 and full leather ,great car

1999 Vauxhall Omega new and the best car i have ever owned 2.5 diesel estate cd leather etc

2004 Vauxhall Omega estate V6 CD ,brilliant car ….

2006 Freelander V6 last of the polder style , got a great deal and no it didnt give me grief , HSE model